Scourge wrote:Going to Cozumel, Belize, and Honduras next month.
Looks an interesting place
Me, in two weeks I am off to a little island south of Australia, Tasmania
I've been there before some 8 or 9 years ago. It is a beautiful and quiet holiday destination. I am currently working on an itinerary, looking at places to visit.
Last night we booked our October flight to Greece for 3 weeks! Flying into Athens, plan is to visit as many towns as possible, then fly to Thessaloniki for 13 days and stay at my sister-in-law's family farm.
Gonna ride a motorbike tour on Oct 1st, organized by a friend of mine to raise money for KWF, a Dutch organization that supports and finances research and education on cancer. The counter is at almost €1500 so far. Last year he raised nearly €3000 with the first edition of the tour.
Just came back from Croatia and it's a pimp little chunk of the mediterranean. Nice water, geographically picturesque, lots of castles and tourists... I hear over 80% of entire country's economy is now based on tourism.
Most food was meh, simply because I was expecting better. Granted we were mostly in the touristy spots so not too surprising.
Don't have a place to put up img's so you don't get any
A little bummed to here how touristy it is (I realize I'd be a tourist myself). I wasn't aware it was such a hot spot. I try to avoid tourist spots, but sometimes it can't be helped...
Captain Mazda wrote:Last night we booked our October flight to Greece for 3 weeks! Flying into Athens, plan is to visit as many towns as possible, then fly to Thessaloniki for 13 days and stay at my sister-in-law's family farm.
A little bummed to here how touristy it is (I realize I'd be a tourist myself). I wasn't aware it was such a hot spot. I try to avoid tourist spots, but sometimes it can't be helped...
Especially the Krka waterfalls were packed with tourists, it felt like a line into a disney world attraction...that was the worst of it. The popular towns like Dubrovnik, Split, Korcula, and Hvar are busy but not unbearable. Still worth the visit IMO.
I was in Croatia in 2005 or 2006 or so. It's a beautiful country. I was near Pula, which has an impressive amphitheater.
We didn't go to Krka but to the Plitvice national park, which is quite beautiful and wasn't too touristy at the time. We went in with a guide in a small group. Didn't see a lot of other people. What's special about Croatia (at least, it was 10 years ago) was that the west coast areas were pretty touristy and prosperous, but with only an hour or 2 or 3 driving, you'd end up in towns that were still scarred to the bone by the war that raged there in the 90's.
I didn't have to do it, spent days on it too! His wife wasn't very well during the dinner so went for a quick sleep and we decided to hold them off until later then everyone got too drunk.
He's not getting out of the embarrassment though, I'm sending copies to him, his wife, his Mum, and his sister tomorrow
